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Radio broadcaster killed in Lanao

The Philippine Star

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Xinhua) - Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a radio broadcaster in the southern Philippines late Thursday, the second attack against journalists in the region this month, officials said today.

Fernando Solijon was killed shortly after visiting a friend in Buruun village, Lanao del Sur province.

Solijon, a public affairs commentator for the DXLS radio station, sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the body and head. The suspects fled on a motorcycle after the shooting.

Early this month, a photojournalist for a local newspaper in General Santos City was also shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen.

International media watchdogs tagged the Philippines as one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists, with over a hundred media workers already murdered since democracy was restored in the country in 1986.

The worst attack against Filipino journalists occurred in Nov. 23, 2009 when gunmen loyal to a powerful political clan kidnapped and killed over 50 people, including 33 journalists, in the province of Maguindanao.


 

BURUUN

FERNANDO SOLIJON

GENERAL SANTOS CITY

GUNMEN

JOURNALISTS

KILLED

LANAO

MAGUINDANAO

PHILIPPINES

SOLIJON

XINHUA

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